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How to cut the chicken?
Cutting chicken in half or four and a half is very popular in many chicken recipes, so it is very chic to cut it out and put it on a plate. But it's hard to find chicken cut in advance like this in a butcher shop. Fortunately, it is easy to cut a whole chicken in half or four and a half pieces at home.

Put the chicken on the chopping board with its breast down and its neck away from you. Cut along one side of the spine from the neck to the tail of the chicken, and cut as close as possible to the spine. Cut another knife along the other side of the spine, cut off the spine and take it away.

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First cut along one side of the spine from neck to tail. Remove the sternum and cartilage.

Nevertheless, put the chicken breast face down and make a small incision between the membrane and cartilage in the V-shaped area at the end of the neck. Grasp the chicken breast with both hands, slowly bend both ends backwards and break the sternum. Pull the triangular sternum along both sides of the sternum with your fingers to relax it; Pick out the bones Cut the cartilage along both ends of sternal cartilage with a sharp knife tip.

Turn the chicken over, with the skin up. Cut vertically down to the center of the chicken and cut in half.

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Cut vertically down to the center of the chicken and cut in half.

Divide the chicken into four parts, each part contains a chicken leg or wing.

Cut the chicken into four parts, peel it, and separate the thigh from the chest.

There is also a slightly different technique, which is to cut a whole chicken into commonly known chicken pieces.

Most familiar simple chicken recipes (such as roast chicken, fried chicken or hunter stewed chicken) need to be cooked with chicken pieces. But if the store wants to cut the chicken pieces well, it will cost extra. If you can cut the whole chicken at home, you don't have to go to the supermarket to buy pre-cut and packaged chicken pieces, and you can save a sum of money. Actually, the steps are very simple.

Put the chicken on the chopping board with the breast up. Cut the knife between the thigh and the body of the chicken and cut it to the hip joint. When the chicken leg bends back slightly, the hip joint will be separated from the acetabulum. Cut off the hip joint and take out the chicken leg. Take out the other chicken leg in the same way.

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First, cut off the hip joint and take out the calf and thigh of the chicken. Bend the chicken leg slightly to make the hip joint

Disengage from acetabulum. Take out the other chicken leg in the same way. Separate the chicken calf from the chicken thigh.

Put the drumsticks on the chopping board with the leather face down. Twist the chicken thigh repeatedly with one hand, and press the chicken calf with the other hand to find the joint. Sever the joint completely. Do the same for the other chicken leg.

Put the chicken aside. Pull out a chicken wing from the chicken; Cut off the shoulder. Turn the chicken over and take out the other chicken wing.

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Next, take out the chicken wings. Ribs are easily cut off.

From the tail of the chicken to the neck of the chicken, cut the chicken breast from the spine, cut off the small ribs and cut along the clavicle.

Turn the chicken over and do the same thing. Excision of all remaining connective tissue; Pull the chicken breast off the spine.

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Cut off the connecting tissue with a knife and take out the bone. Pull the chicken breast away from the bone. When chicken breast

When divided into two halves, the weight of each portion should be around 1 13-283g.

Put the chicken breast on the chopping board with the leather face up. Cut it in half along one side of the sternum.

Although chicken nuggets are suitable for most recipes, in many Chinese dishes, chicken nuggets are relatively small, easy to eat and contain bones. If you want to cut chicken into Chinese pieces at home, please follow the steps listed on the next page.